SCOTTISH football legend Kenny Dalglish has told victims of sex abuse they are not alone and they are more important than football.

The former Celtic and Liverpool star has reacted with horror to the unfolding story of the sickening campaign of assaults by paedophile coaches.

Former Celtic, Hibs and Falkirk kitman Jim McCafferty, 71, became the latest predator to be exposed by the Record yesterday after he admitted a string of sexual assaults against children, many of them in and around West Lothian.

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Dalglish said: “It’s scandalous. The people who have been subjected to this are the ones you feel for most. A lot of them have been scarred for life and you just hope they can find peace and the guilty parties are brought to justice and are suitably punished. Your heart goes out to the boys.

“Football is irrelevant. This is a humanitarian issue, not a sporting issue, and these boys have been scarred for life. It’s a helluva price to pay.”

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Scotland’s most capped player added: “I never witnessed anything like it, I wasn’t aware of it. If there had been one person it would have surprised me, but one is still one too many. It’s the boys who are important here, not the numbers.

“I’m not a psychic and I don’t know what’s going to happen in future. However, I do know at this moment in time the most important thing is for help to be given to the people who have been subjected to abuse.

“That’s where the focus should be at this time and let the authorities deal with the culprits.”